Customer Service Engineering

Kaitlin McKenzie

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abna90@r.postjobfree.com

Boulder, CO 80303

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OBJECTIVE To obtain a full-time position in the field of chemical

engineering that utilizes my hands-on skills and my ability to

work in teams.

EDUCATION University of Colorado

May 2010

Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science

3.341 GPA

Boulder, CO

Selected Courses: Energy Fundamentals, Process Design,

Materials and Energy Balances, Heat Transfer, Separations,

Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Reaction Kinetics

HONORS/AWARDS

Fall 2009 Engineering Differential Scholarship

Spring, 2009, Fall 2008 Dean's List

Fall 2006 Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

Scholarship

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Design and Hands-on Experience

. Designed a spreadsheet for an energy usage analysis for heating and

cooling of an ethanol plant to

determine sources of energy loss and areas for reduction.

. Followed piping and instrumentation diagrams to label valves in a

plant.

. Experience reading and constructing process flow diagrams.

. With team members, designed and tested a briquette system for

alternative energy in an underdeveloped

country for heating and cooking purposes.

. Designed, programmed, and constructed a 4th place winning Lego robot

to deposit balls in a goal.

. Designed print layouts for school engineering magazine

Chemical Engineering Experience

. Experience in operating and technical analysis of engineering

equipment including distillation columns,

evaporators, dryers, pumps, and heat exchangers both manually

and using a DeltaV digital control system.

. Collected liquid and solid samples and used NIR and HPLC to analyze

and determine if products were

within specifications. Used results to modify operating

conditions at an ethanol plant.

. Experience writing technical reports to analyze lab experiments.

. Experience simulating various production processes using AspenHysys

and Aspen Plus as well as

economic analyses of the processes.

. Experience in computer software packages including AspenHysys, Aspen

Plus, MathCad, Mathmatica,

Microsoft Word and Excel, Visio, and COMSOL Multiphysics.

Management Experience

. Team leader for senior lab. Coordinated two other team members for

completion and analysis of lab results leading to a final written

report on a steam-jacketed tank and a tubular flow reactor.

. Trained new workers at Starbucks on customer service and how to

prepare our products.

EMPLOYMENT

5/2009- 8/2009 Poet Biorefining, Marion, OH

Engineering Intern

5/2008-1/2009 Target (Starbucks), Boulder, CO

Barista

5/2007-9/2007 Safeway/ (Starbucks), Littleton, CO

Courtesy Clerk, Barista

7/2005-7/2006

AFFILIATIONS/ ACTIVITIES

8/2008-5/2009 Engineers Without Borders

8/2008-5/2009 Colorado Engineering Magazine (CEM)

2/2008-Present Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

8/2007-Present Women in Engineering

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